employers get a tax break for purchasing tax coverage, individuals ought to get the same kind of tax break. if you do that, you make it so we are focusing on the patient and not government. >> and some element of tort reform, i assume. >> absolutely. rebust reform that isn't a cap on noneconomic damages saying if the -- does the right thing, based on what the specialty society says, not anyone else, the -- ought to be able to say if i've done the right thing, i can use that as an affirmative defense. >> steve? >> congressman, you have somewhere in the ballpark of 50 co-sponsors in this current version of your legislation and my question is why only 50 co-sponsors. republicans have for a long time avoided making health care reform a priority, even if there have been alternative plans, that the president isn't right when he says they aren't. but why don't you have 230 co-sponsors. >> well health care is complex as you see that right now with the president's health care rollout. i've practiced for 20 years and taken care of patients and in my core, in my gut i know what should be doing